"What do you mean, Trance?" Dylan asked.
"There are other people here," Trance explained, "where we are … but not here. In the other universe."
"She may be right, Dylan," Rommie said. "I was about to say I'm picking up the same multi-tronic technology I felt at the Route of Ages."
Dylan looked around. "Trance, where exactly are they?"
"Mingling with us," Trance said.
"Probably not a good idea," Dylan said, "if the barriers between realities are breaking down. Let's give them some room. Everybody to the south side of the room."